I’ve been thinking a lot about terms like “collectivism” and “rugged individualism” - especially as a resident of New York City, which many claim to be the center of capitalism (it isn’t; it’s the center of crony capitalism at best) and which now has a socialist mayor.

My thinking led me to writing this:

https://primal.net/frank/There-Can-Be-A-Warmth-To-Collectivism-nbagt1